A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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